Names
Updated: 1 February 2024
Next update: 13 February 2025
| Number | Per 1 000 | |
|---|---|---|
| Girl's names | ||
| Olivia | 366 | 14 |
| Emma | 360 | 13 |
| Ella | 341 | 13 |
| Leah/Lea | 328 | 12 |
| Sofie/Sophie | 323 | 12 |
| Nora/Norah/Noora | 322 | 12 |
| Sofia/Sophia | 298 | 11 |
| Maja/Maia/Maya | 297 | 11 |
| Alma | 288 | 11 |
| Ada | 287 | 11 |
| Boy's names | ||
| Lucas/Lukas | 494 | 18 |
| Noah/Noa | 410 | 15 |
| Isak/Isac/Isaac | 365 | 13 |
| Oliver | 365 | 13 |
| Kasper/Casper | 352 | 12 |
| Elias | 345 | 12 |
| Emil | 345 | 12 |
| Jakob/Jacob | 338 | 12 |
| Oskar/Oscar | 335 | 12 |
| Theodor/Teodor | 332 | 12 |
About the statistics
Statistics on the names of all registered inhabitants of Norway. Find the most popular names for boys and girls born last year, and for all years back to 1880. All names with more than three bearers give hits in the name search engine.
The information under «About the statistics» was last updated 13 January 2023.
Non Norwegian letters
Some names include non-Norwegian letters. The management in the register has not been consistent. Therefore the non-Norwegian letters are "translated". The coding is as follows
- È to E
- É toE
- Ô to O
- ' to blank
- Ä to Æ
- Ü to Y
- Ö to Ø
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Topic: Population
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Analyses, articles and publications
Article / 5 July 2017Historical name trendsSee graphical depictions of historical name trends for hundreds of different Norwegian boys' and girls' names.